Jacob Rico
Senior Software Engineer at Flex
Greater Cleveland United States
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Top SchoolJacob Rico is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building front-end focused, full-stack web applications using JavaScript, Node.js, React, React Native, and PostgreSQL. He blends a theater and arts background with engineering discipline, bringing an unusual eye for detail, user experience, and creative problem-solving to product work. Jacob has shipped features at scale for companies like SoFi and now Flex, and has a track record of improving systems for growth—adding search, chat, and admin tooling to prepare apps for scaling. Comfortable across cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud) and testing stacks, he pairs hands-on coding with practical ops and mentorship. Outside work he pursues puzzles and maker projects (Raspberry Pi, robotics), reflecting a continual curiosity that feeds into inventive technical solutions.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Fullstack AcademyBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Theatre/Theater, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Theatre/Theater at California State University, FresnoAssociate of Arts (A.A.) Theatre/Theater, Associate of Arts (A.A.) Theatre/Theater at College of the Sequoias
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (7)
bootstrap9
bootstrap-theme9
sass8
css8
microsoft6
java6
language-design4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jedwardnyc/marvelpedia
May 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
jedwardnyc/the-light-web
Apr 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:29 PRs, 65 pushes, 28 branches in 1 month
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